Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) (C), ranking member Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) (L) and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) (R) talk to reporters after a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 25, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES POLITICS BUSINESS) (FILE) WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – A congressional panel will expand its examination of credit rating agencies to look at why U.S. securities regulators ignored warnings from former Moody’s Corp executives about the company’s weak compliance department and ratings process.

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